People look at you and me to see what they are supposed to be. And, if we don’t disappoint them, maybe, just maybe, they won’t disappoint us.

Love inspires, illumines, designates and leads the way.

The first method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace, and this single reflection, well applied, is sufficient to awaken every man to duty.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

I had made the religion of service my own, as I felt that God could be realized only through service.

The people turn to a benevolent rule as water flows downwards, and as wild beasts fly to the wilderness.